PROVIDENCE,R.I. — The state House of Representatives is poised to give final approval, as soon as next week, to legislation meant to encourage out-of-court settlements in the state’s 38 Studios lawsuit.On Tuesday,...

By PHILIP MARCELO

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The state House of Representatives is poised to give final approval, as soon as next week, to legislation meant to encourage out-of-court settlements in the state’s 38 Studios lawsuit.

On Tuesday, the House Judiciary Committee unanimously approved House and Senate versions of the bill, which were introduced at Governor Chafee’s request.

The Senate has already approved the proposal, which effectively shields any defendant that settles with the state in the case from lawsuits from other defendants.

The state seeks damages from 14 people and organizations involved in the 38 Studios deal, including former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, who owned the now-bankrupt video-game company.

Meanwhile, General Assembly leaders and those involved in the lawsuit confirm that no lawmaker or high-ranking politician has yet been called to give testimony.

Superior Court Judge Michael Silverstein, through a court spokesman, said he is not aware of any current or past state official that has been subpoenaed in the case.

“[B]ut he would not necessarily know until the subpoena was returned to the clerk’s office or if someone wanted to contest the subpoena,” spokesman Craig Berke added.

House Speaker Gordon D. Fox, through his spokesman, confirmed he has not been contacted by lawyers involved in the case. The spokesman added that he had no knowledge of any other lawmakers — current or former — being contacted, either.

And Senate President M. Teresa Pavia Weed, through a spokesman, said she has also not been asked to testify.

Max Wistow, the state’s lawyer in the case, declined to say recently whether or not the state planned to depose or subpoena records from current or former lawmakers and politicians.

“I really don’t want to disclose what litigation plans we have in the case,” he said. “It’s one thing to talk about what’s happened, it’s quite another to tell you what we plan to do.”

Both sides in the case have issued a number of subpoenas seeking records related to the deal, including ones to three former Economic Development Corporation (now known as the Commerce Corporation) board members.

Michael Corso, a friend of Speaker Fox, has also been subpoenaed for records related to the deal, according to court records. (As a lawyer and consultant for 38 Studios, Corso was instrumental in securing state financing for the company. He is not among those named as a defendant in the suit.)

Wistow also confirmed that at least four officials involved in the 38 Studios deal have completed sworn depositions: